3.5 miles away
Harshaw
A silver-mining ghost town in Santa Cruz County, whose Hermosa mine yielded some $365,455 in bullion over four months in 1880.
Patagonia Mountains
A mountain range 15 miles long in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, lying within the Coronado National Forest.
- Rank in Arizona
- #138of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 49.1 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Patagonia Mountains are a mountain range 15 miles long in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, lying within the Coronado National Forest.
Where it is
Patagonia Mountains is a natural landmark near Patagonia, in Santa Cruz County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Patagonia Mountains, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
More photographs
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Nearby attractions
7.9 miles away
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, is a Nature Conservancy-managed wetland used for birdwatching.
8.3 miles away
San Rafael Ranch
A historic cattle ranch in the San Rafael Valley, a mile and a half north of Lochiel and close to the border with Sonora.
8.5 miles away
Lochiel
A former border crossing and largely abandoned settlement in the San Rafael Valley, about 25 miles east of Nogales.
8.9 miles away
Patagonia Lake State Park
A 250-acre lake south of Patagonia, created by damming Sonoita Creek, used for fishing, boating and birding.
10 miles away
Guevavi Mission
A Jesuit mission near Tumacácori, Arizona, founded in 1691 by Eusebio Kino and Juan María de Salvatierra as a district headquarters.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Patagonia
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 49.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 38.4
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 31.4200, -110.7300
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12